Michael Zapcic, often referred to as Mike Zapcic or Chief, is a podcaster and cast member of the AMC reality TV show Comic Book Men with Kevin Smith.

[2] After going to culinary school and working as a cook,[3][4] he was hired by Walt Flanagan to work in Kevin Smith's comic book store Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash in Red Bank, New Jersey.

When the podcast Tell 'Em Steve-Dave!—hosted by: Bryan Johnson, Walt Flanagan, and Brian Quinn—spawned the television reality show Comic Book Men in 2012, Mike Zapcic became a main cast member.

Subsequently, Chen and Zapcic opened a podcast studio named A Shared Universe PodcaStudio in Eatontown, New Jersey.

[6] Zapcic lives with his wife Julia and their two sons in Long Branch, New Jersey.